Billie Joyce Nabors

Billie Joyce Nabors passed away August 29, 2018 in Mexia at the age of 88. Visitation with the family will be Friday, August 31, 2018 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Jones Funeral Services, 931 Hwy 171 in Mexia. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, September 1, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Mexia, with Reverend Ed Spivey, officiating. Burial will be at the Mexia Cemetery immediately following the service. Pallbearers are Kevin Nabors, Shane Turner, Weston Duncan, Kent Vest, Matt Heiner and Garrett Turner. Honorary pallbearers will be Cade Duncan, Luke Heiner, Austin Hanna and Dylan Platt. Billie was born in Mexia, Tx. On February 12, 1930 to Tommy N. (Hawk) and Tennie Bradshaw. Billie graduated from Mexia High School in 1947 in the Top 10 of her class. Billie married Albert Nabors on August 16, 1950. They just celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary. Their 69th anniversary will be celebrated in Heaven, as Albert passed away only 6 days before Billie. Billie began working at Gibbs Memorial Library in Mexia after graduation from Mexia High. She then worked for attorney Wallace Mason. After the birth of her first child she was a homemaker. When her children began school she worked alongside her husband in the dry cleaning business. They purchased Jim Brady Cleaners in Mexia and then Maddox Cleaners which became Nabors Cleaners and is still in business under new ownership. Billie's life was centered around her family and her church, First Baptist of Mexia. She was an officer in the PTA, room mother in all her children's classrooms through elementary school. Billie was a long time Sunday School teacher for toddler aged children at First Baptist Church in Mexia. She and Albert were involved in every aspect of their church. Billie was in a bowling league for years and the top bowler on her team. She was an avid reader, teaching her three children to read before they began school. She was an expert seamstress at the cleaners, altering expensive and elaborate wedding dresses and any type of clothing. She retired in 1998 where she centered her life around her family. Billie was preceded in death by her husband Albert; parents, Hawk & Tennie Bradshaw; one sister, Wanda Bradshaw and a grandson, Lance Alan Duncan. Billie is survived by a son, John Edward Nabors & wife, Diana; two daughters, Debbie Turner & husband, Robby and Tommie Duncan & husband, Richard; five grandchildren, Kevin Nabors & wife, Suzette, Shane Turner & wife, Karina, Robyn Turner and Chris Mason, Amanda Heiner & husband, Matt and Kristen Vest & husband, Kent; many great grandchildren as well as a sister, Frances Bradshaw of Mexia.

Visitation Details

Friday, August 31, 2018 5:30pm - 7:00pm, Jones Funeral Services

Service Information

Saturday, September 1, 2018 2:00pm, First Baptist Church

Interment Details

Mexia Cemetery

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